Example sentences of "[noun] were [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boar 's head and jugged hare were among the contemporary dishes served in front of the company 's original 18th-century shop front in Cornhill , which now stands in the museum . |
| 2 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 3 | Military personnel were constitutionally debarred from voting , but members of the armed forces belonging to Golkar were among the 500 additional appointees to make up the 1,000-member Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat ( People 's Consultative Assembly ) , which would elect the President and Vice-President in March 1993 . |
| 4 | Very few pupils left before completing a full five-year course , and 40 per cent of the total pupil population of all the schools were in the sixth form . |
| 5 | Halsey and his associates show that while about 50 per cent of the pupils in private primary schools were from the professional class in the age cohorts 50–59 and 30–39 years , the corresponding proportion for the youngest age cohort , 20–29 years , was almost 70 per cent . |
| 6 | The platform steps were of the fixed type and roller blind destination boxes were mounted at each end above the upper deck rails . |
| 7 | If British industry were in the same powerful position as German industry , I might be a little more relaxed about economic monetary union , but I am worried about the time at which we are entering into new commitments . |
| 8 | The differences between Mirror and Sun/Star readers were in the expected directions but quite small . |
| 9 | Not all memorable sightings were on the seaward side of the wall . |
| 10 | 5 of the bulls up for auction were from the Lower Hope estate near Leominster . |
| 11 | Staff at other travel firms were stunned as they heard clients were among the dead . |
| 12 | ‘ At first I was dazzled , and covered my eyes , and there did n't seem the smallest change ; the roar of the Strand and the roar of the reef were like the same : hark to it now , and you can near the cabs and buses rolling and the streets resound . ’ |
| 13 | He reckoned the guards were in the small building at the easterly end of the runway . |
| 14 | Around one quartr of the children in this study were below the third percentile for weight suggesting an association between cryptosporidiosis and failure to thrive , as described in other centres . |
| 15 | The cables and accessories that came with MainLan were of the cheap and cheerful variety . |
| 16 | Another three funds were in the top quartile of their sectors . |
| 17 | And over three years 11 funds were in the top quartile . |
| 18 | perhaps it was at this time that a clerk associated with the rebel Poitevins produced a document designed to show that Henry and Eleanor were within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity and their marriage therefore invalid . |
| 19 | Given the government 's commitment to control public expenditure and reduce taxation , her main troubles in the first term were with the major spending departments and with ministers who favoured some further reflation to ease unemployment . |
| 20 | All these disputes were about the same theme : the nature of the Europe that the Six wished to construct and the proper relationship between the Community and the member states . |
| 21 | Manager Alan Murray , assistant manager Eddie Kyle and McAndrew were at the Northern League club at the same time . |
| 22 | LIVERPOOL and Arsenal were among the disappointed clubs yesterday when Andy Awford signed a new contract at Portsmouth . |
| 23 | All the shops were in the lower parts of tall , old houses and had curly , old-fashioned lettering on them , but for the furniture shop , which winked in faulty neon : |
| 24 | Two patients bled before surgery could be carried out and two further subjects were among the three who declined surgery . |
| 25 | I planted the polystyrene marker , scattered some flake maize , sweetcorn and broken lobs around it , then headed back to shore where my two rods were at the ready for casting out . |
| 26 | In patients with Zollinger-Ellison sydrome associated with MEN 1 , all cell densities were above the highest control value ; 53% of these patients had diffuse hyperplasia and 47% linear hperplasia . |
| 27 | My eyes were on the far side of the valley where the track was clear and unbroken to the next turn above the main gorge . |
| 28 | He had his finger up to his lips as a warning to Colley , but his eyes were on the stranger standing in the doorway . |
| 29 | While all eyes were on the majestic bird above them , Tallis had seen the fluttering movement of a more sinister flock , in the high trees around the river . |
| 30 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |